“In India, outsourced coders up to level three programmers will be gone in the next year or two, whereas in France, you'll never fire a developer.”

Emad MostaqueCEO

Founder and CEO of Stability AI

Two years on, India's IT and outsourcing sector had not shed its junior outsourced programmers: industry revenue and total headcount both continued to grow through FY2025, with hiring slowing rather than the workforce disappearing.